[SOLVED] eth0 does not exist...

wilf · Last edited by wilf on Wed May 17, 2006 10:18 am; edited 1 time in total

Hello all,

I have just brought up my third gentoo box, all went well until I rebooted.

Everything came up except networking which I found rather strange
as I do my pre-config using ssh/putty from a Windows box over
the network.

If I manually run /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start I get:-
* starting eth0
* Bringing up eth0
* 193.68.36.90
* eth0 does not exist

Ooops! any ideas... ifconfig eth0 gives
eth0: error fetching interface information: device does not exist

I am running genkernel, 2006.0.

Motherboard is an Asus A7V8X-X, I can't see anything interesting or relevant under /proc either.

Perhaps that's why it isn't apparent - the hardware isn't visible to the kernel.

If anyone has a bright idea I'll be very grateful, in the meantime I'll carry on digging.

Best Regards, Paul.

mirojira · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 685

Could you please send output of

bin-doph · Guru Joined: 23 May 2003 Posts: 302

hi,

what kind of network-card do you use? Do you have the correct kernel-modules compiled-in or as-modules (if modules, are they loaded correctly?)

maybe give some more information, like lspci -vv (of your network-adapter)

hth
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wilf · Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:17 am Post subject:

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for your help - I rebuilt the kernel and statically linked the network drivers and it's all up and running AOK now.

Before I rebooted, I read the label on the network chip. It was so small that my old eyes couldn't read it and I literally had to use a pocket 30x microscope to read the words:-). It's an RTL8021BL, not that it matters now.

yzma ~ # grep -i e100 /usr/src/linux/.config
# CONFIG_E100 is not set
CONFIG_E1000=m
# CONFIG_E1000_NAPI is not set

I am very grateful to you both answering, Thanks again,

Best Regards Paul.